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Podcast: Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein
Episode: Heidi Roizen: "A Good Board Member Has to Be Willing to Speak Truth, Even When It Is Unpopular"
Description: Start of Interview [1:32]Heidi's origin story and career pre-venture capital [2:00]Heidi's first board experience: Great Plains Software prior to its IPO in 1997 [6:01]Joining Softbank Venture Capital (Mobius Venture Capital) in 1999 [09:09]The HBS Heidi Roizen Case Study [12:50]Her experience with foreign boards (UK, Canada) and take on transnational directors [16:21]Re-entering the VC market with DFJ and Threshold Ventures [23:25]Private tech company board governance challenges [25:36]Startups staying private for longer, and getting bigger [25:48]Change of terms based on cyclical nature of the market ("dual class shares is a grey area") [26:31]Founder-friendly terms [29:55]To be a good investor or board member "you have...